[center][h2][color=orangered]~ Carmen ~[/color][/h2][/center]

Carmen sighed.

It wasn't just that she was angry, it was that she [u]wanted[/u] to be angry. To the skylark, this was something that [u]could not[/u] be resolved peacefully. However, when Lily was on the case, it was very easy to be seduced by her ways of peace. Carmen of course realized that this was mostly because of the angel's abilities and that it was an unfair advantage, but she preferred to forget about that and just think of it as Lily's comforting aura doing its thing.

And so, it was with the audible sigh that Carmen finally admitted to herself that this situation could not be resolved by destroying the audio equipment over and over again. It seemed like expensive theatrics for something that, while [i][u]completely unacceptable[/u][/i], was also something that didn't even register in the brains of the Academy's students, who were probably already busy shotgunning beer and trying to impress each other with their drunken dance moves. Carmen had to remind herself that even most of the other faculty members didn't really care for classical music and keeping the ornate ballroom a formal space and not a party house.

She decided that this obviously couldn't be rectified right now, because all the guests were already in the room and the event would be very ruined if she made a second scene. Then again, Criston had already ruined the event for her, so maybe she should...

Forget about it. Well, not forget about it, but...

Lily was being too cute and too effective for Carmen to continue having thoughts of destruction and yelling.

So Carmen turned her attention to Lily's suggestion:

Alcohol.

Lily had suggested the one thing that would truly allow Carmen to walk back into that ballroom with the appalling music without deafening everyone in the room as she silenced the infernal noise.

But to do so, she had to act quickly.

[color=orangered]"Alright, Lily,"[/color] she finally spoke. [color=orangered]"Wine does seem like a great solution, and..."[/color] she paused as she peeked into the ballroom. [color=orangered]"...it looks as if nobody else is drinking it."[/color] The Skylark scoffed. [color=orangered]"How uncultured...anyway. That just means more for us, right? Right."[/color]

She looked deviously at the angel. [color=orangered]"And for the record, I plan to drink everything on that wine table, and fast."[/color] She flipped her hair dramatically as a sly grin appeared on her face. [color=orangered]"Then we'll see who's the real queen of the dance floor."[/color] With that, she walked briskly back into the ballroom, trying her best to ignore the music and the fact that Criston was still in the room. She picked up the closest bottle of wine (a Merlot) as soon as she got to it, quickly poured a glass, and began pounding down wine at an alarming rate.

Somehow she still managed to look classy doing so.

[@HylianRose]